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    Re: Bowditch long term almanac
    From: Geoffrey Kolbe
    Date: 2012 May 19, 08:15 +0100

    There does seem to be a considerable difference between the 1956
    epoch LTA and the 1972 epoch LTA as given in Bowditch, so it would
    seem that the corrections were not transplanted wholesale as I suggested.
    
    That still leaves the problem as to why the given 1972 epoch
    quadrennial corrections are so poor. I tried to determine the period
    of validity - or at least the period over which the corrections would
    have been calculated, but I could not. It was at that point that I
    gave up and created my own.
    
    
    >oops, just came to think of a tiny problem, as all parts of the 4
    >year sun cycle use same correction in this almanac, I guess it would
    >have to use some kind of middle ground for the correction to gha and
    >declination, what would you sugest?, median? average? use correction
    >for middle of cycle?
    
    I am not sure what you are saying here. Perhaps you could restate it?
    
    Too, I am afraid the accents in your name mean that your name is
    reproduced as gibberish on my computer. I would be grateful for an
    un-accented version of your name so I can address you personally.
    
    Geoffrey Kolbe
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

       
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